LauraRutherford (she/her/frog)
@lrutherford.bsky.social
Wife, mother and proud Nana. Atheist. Progressive politics. I amplify liberal messaging. I vet before following back. I welcome opposing opinions, but I can't abide crap.
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ICE agents! Keep quitting, spill the beans and help us take down the institutuon that's not going to pay you anyway.
February 8, 2026 at 3:29 PM
ICE agents! Keep quitting, spill the beans and help us take down the institutuon that's not going to pay you anyway.
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Warner on Fox News Sunday: "What's amazing to me is historically the GOP has been about 'let's not have federal overreach.' We've got federal overreach with ICE. We've got federal overreach w/POTUS saying 'let's nationalize elections.' Do you really want ICE agents showing up at polling stations?"
February 8, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Warner on Fox News Sunday: "What's amazing to me is historically the GOP has been about 'let's not have federal overreach.' We've got federal overreach with ICE. We've got federal overreach w/POTUS saying 'let's nationalize elections.' Do you really want ICE agents showing up at polling stations?"
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Schiff on Gabbard's involvement in Georgia: "All of this is intended to send a message and the message is, 'We will not tolerate or accept an election that we lose.' That's why in these budget discussions we need to make sure, among other things, that we don't have ICE agents at polling places."
February 8, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Schiff on Gabbard's involvement in Georgia: "All of this is intended to send a message and the message is, 'We will not tolerate or accept an election that we lose.' That's why in these budget discussions we need to make sure, among other things, that we don't have ICE agents at polling places."
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February 3, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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holy shit
In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.
February 3, 2026 at 6:52 PM
holy shit
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“With their resistance to violent authoritarianism, the people of Minneapolis have renewed the spirit of Dr. King’s call for ‘the positive affirmation of peace.’”
— The Nation
— The Nation
February 3, 2026 at 6:05 AM
“With their resistance to violent authoritarianism, the people of Minneapolis have renewed the spirit of Dr. King’s call for ‘the positive affirmation of peace.’”
— The Nation
— The Nation
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ICE is being turned down all over the country from being able to build detention centers. But the truth is they probably would detain the construction workers after the projects are completed. 🔄 🤬
February 3, 2026 at 7:20 PM
ICE is being turned down all over the country from being able to build detention centers. But the truth is they probably would detain the construction workers after the projects are completed. 🔄 🤬
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I don't agree historians will be stunned, they've seen thIs throughout history, in the USA.
February 2, 2026 at 5:23 PM
I don't agree historians will be stunned, they've seen thIs throughout history, in the USA.
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Crockett: "Now my colleagues want to be the protectors of girls & women. I didn't hear them screaming this when Renee Good was killed in the middle of the street by the same people the vast majority of you just voted to give more money to. It was a lot of crickets, including about the Esptein files"
February 3, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Crockett: "Now my colleagues want to be the protectors of girls & women. I didn't hear them screaming this when Renee Good was killed in the middle of the street by the same people the vast majority of you just voted to give more money to. It was a lot of crickets, including about the Esptein files"
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Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche needs to resign.
He got the law wrong about patronizing sex parties with alleged child trafficking. He failed to redact names of victims & pictures of children. AND he moved Ghislaine Maxwell to a minimum-security prison & got her a puppy.
He got the law wrong about patronizing sex parties with alleged child trafficking. He failed to redact names of victims & pictures of children. AND he moved Ghislaine Maxwell to a minimum-security prison & got her a puppy.
February 3, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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This testimony is so powerful and gut-wrenching. God bless this woman for what she went through.
ICE MUST GO‼️
ICE MUST GO‼️
February 3, 2026 at 9:12 PM
This testimony is so powerful and gut-wrenching. God bless this woman for what she went through.
ICE MUST GO‼️
ICE MUST GO‼️
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Luke Ganger, Renee Good’s brother: “In the last few weeks, our family took some consolation thinking that perhaps ‘Nee’s death would bring about change in our country. It has not.”
February 3, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Luke Ganger, Renee Good’s brother: “In the last few weeks, our family took some consolation thinking that perhaps ‘Nee’s death would bring about change in our country. It has not.”
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Life in 2026, United Stares: Me: Trump is the last person on earth who should be President. I’d rather have Jeffrey Dahmer as President.
Husband: He did kill a lot fewer people than Trump has.
Me: yes, he just hasn’t eaten any of them yet, as far as we know
Husband: He did kill a lot fewer people than Trump has.
Me: yes, he just hasn’t eaten any of them yet, as far as we know
February 3, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Life in 2026, United Stares: Me: Trump is the last person on earth who should be President. I’d rather have Jeffrey Dahmer as President.
Husband: He did kill a lot fewer people than Trump has.
Me: yes, he just hasn’t eaten any of them yet, as far as we know
Husband: He did kill a lot fewer people than Trump has.
Me: yes, he just hasn’t eaten any of them yet, as far as we know
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WRONG. I-205 administrative warrants are not issued by immigration judges. They’re signed by ICE officers. And EVEN IF THEY WERE issued by an immigration judge - they are executive branch employees, NOT judicial branch. JUDICIAL warrants are needed to enter a home without consent.
Q: You're a constitutional lawyer. Can you detail the 4th Amendment protections someone has if ICE approaches their home w/an administrative warrant?
MIKE JOHNSON: When ICE goes to execute a warrant, it's issued by an immigration judge, & that is a sufficient legal authority to go apprehend someone
MIKE JOHNSON: When ICE goes to execute a warrant, it's issued by an immigration judge, & that is a sufficient legal authority to go apprehend someone
February 3, 2026 at 3:49 PM
WRONG. I-205 administrative warrants are not issued by immigration judges. They’re signed by ICE officers. And EVEN IF THEY WERE issued by an immigration judge - they are executive branch employees, NOT judicial branch. JUDICIAL warrants are needed to enter a home without consent.
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Here’s a useful reminder of what our federal courts SHOULD be doing to uphold our constitutional traditions:
Annotating the Judge’s Decision in the Case of Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-Year-Old Detained by ICE (Gift Article)
Our critic annotates the barbed wordplay of a decision challenging the Trump administration’s theory of executive power.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Here’s a useful reminder of what our federal courts SHOULD be doing to uphold our constitutional traditions:
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Rutte in Kyiv: „As soon as there is peace, aircraft, the navy, and troops will contribute to the protection of Ukraine.“
Oh God, that's so pathetic, so ridiculous, so cowardly.
The Ukrainians need protection NOW.
Oh God, that's so pathetic, so ridiculous, so cowardly.
The Ukrainians need protection NOW.
February 3, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Rutte in Kyiv: „As soon as there is peace, aircraft, the navy, and troops will contribute to the protection of Ukraine.“
Oh God, that's so pathetic, so ridiculous, so cowardly.
The Ukrainians need protection NOW.
Oh God, that's so pathetic, so ridiculous, so cowardly.
The Ukrainians need protection NOW.
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Band persons didn't always have to look like Calvin Klein models. Enjoy...
youtu.be/95ywPJ_8hV4?...
youtu.be/95ywPJ_8hV4?...
Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing (Old Grey Whistle Test, 16th May 1978)
YouTube video by Dire Straits
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February 3, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Band persons didn't always have to look like Calvin Klein models. Enjoy...
youtu.be/95ywPJ_8hV4?...
youtu.be/95ywPJ_8hV4?...
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Republicans are in here cosplaying as protectors of women and children, but they were silent when Renee Good was killed, willingly voted to cut SNAP, and are now sitting by as ICE rips children away from their families.
Miss me with the selective outrage.
Miss me with the selective outrage.
February 3, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Republicans are in here cosplaying as protectors of women and children, but they were silent when Renee Good was killed, willingly voted to cut SNAP, and are now sitting by as ICE rips children away from their families.
Miss me with the selective outrage.
Miss me with the selective outrage.
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So, I went to see Shelter.
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The dog is NOT okay. Repeat. Dog NOT okay.
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The dog is NOT okay. Repeat. Dog NOT okay.
February 1, 2026 at 1:23 AM
So, I went to see Shelter.
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The dog is NOT okay. Repeat. Dog NOT okay.
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The dog is NOT okay. Repeat. Dog NOT okay.
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I'm glad everyone is excited about the political shift
but the midterms are 9 months away
that is so frickin long in American politics
don't get complacent
but the midterms are 9 months away
that is so frickin long in American politics
don't get complacent
February 1, 2026 at 5:47 AM
I'm glad everyone is excited about the political shift
but the midterms are 9 months away
that is so frickin long in American politics
don't get complacent
but the midterms are 9 months away
that is so frickin long in American politics
don't get complacent
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If they are truly "only after dangerous criminals" ICE should not be able to lay a hand on ANYONE unless they have a warrant for that person. Random abductions of US citizens should be punishable. ICE should be held accountable for bodily injury, damage to property and loss of life.
ICE OUT NOW!
ICE OUT NOW!
January 31, 2026 at 4:47 PM
If they are truly "only after dangerous criminals" ICE should not be able to lay a hand on ANYONE unless they have a warrant for that person. Random abductions of US citizens should be punishable. ICE should be held accountable for bodily injury, damage to property and loss of life.
ICE OUT NOW!
ICE OUT NOW!
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
February 1, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.